Helping young Nebraskans discover their next opportunity

From a young age, I have been fortunate enough to have a community of people who encouraged me to take risks, explore new ideas, and pursue every opportunity available.Their support helped shape my path and opened doors I never could have imagined.

$50 Taste, $4 Balance

The hardest thing a kid will ever have to do is walk through the toy aisle at any store and know they only have a couple of dollars.Kimberly and I try to teach our kids a few life lessons along the way. One of the lessons I am still working on with them is the concept of financial responsibility.

‘SAVE America Act’ is a solution in search of a problem

One of my favorite political slogans of all time is “a solution in search of a problem.”It’s used frequently in debates at the Nebraska Legislature to describe a proposal or idea that imposes new rules and restrictions to address a problem that doesn’t exist.

The government and YOUR money

Frustrations ran high recently in our nine-member Legislative Appropriations Committee as we struggled to find ways to cut the state budget.

Honoring Nebraska’s finest & defending our homeland

This week, Nebraska lost one of our own. U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens of Bellevue was killed in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury. He enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2006, deployed twice to Kuwait, and spent nearly 20 years serving this country as a soldier and mechanic.

The birth of a legislative bill

In the summer of 2024 Central City Administrator Chris Anderson asked if I had time to stop by his office to discuss a proposal he had for a legislative bill.

Sometimes actions have unintended consequences

Actions have consequences. And those consequences can affect other people.Timmy and Charlie were playing nicely on the floor the other day . . . until they were not. What started as simple roughhousing turned into an all-out brawl.

State of our union is strong under current leadership

On Tuesday, February 24, President Trump addressed the nation from the U.S. Capitol to highlight the progress since Republicans won control of the House, Senate, and White House.This progress stands in stark contrast to the bleak state of our country under the Biden administration.

Environmental trust funds sought to help solve budget woes

There are ways to change state policies, and there are other ways to change state policies.Which brings us to the “death by a thousand cuts” of the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

Moving in the right direction

On any given evening, if you flip on the national news, you’d think the country is unraveling at the seams. Headlines scream crisis, chaos, and collapse, as if America is teetering on the brink.Not long ago, those headlines would have rung true.